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News: BeBoL has a new member: BopCo (Barcoding of Organisms and tissues of Policy Concern). BopCo is an initiative funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) and is jointly run by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) and the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA). The BopCo project aims at providing a barcoding facility to identify biological samples of policy concern using both morphological and molecular techniques. BopCo will also produce DNA barcodes of relevant taxa of policy concern as well as maintain the reference collections of the barcoded organisms.

Previous calls (closed).

Full-time 2 year position as scientific researcher at RBINS in the framework of the FWO project 'Metagenetic upgrading of biodiversity research on free-living marine nematodes in Vietnam’ . Start date is foreseen for beginning of September 2016. More info here.

Training course on RNA-seq data analysis: The University of Naples Federico II in collaboration with ELIXIR-ITA organized a training course on RNA-seq data analysis on 7-10 June 2016.

Symposium: Genomics In Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) is pleased to invite you to the Symposium: Genomics In Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which will be held on 21st of April 2016, in Melle, Belgium. Deadline for registration: 4 April 2016.

Vacancy for a postdoctoral assistant. It concerns an appointment for three years (can be renewed for another three years) at the Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent University, Dept. Biology. Deadline for the application is April 22nd. Tasks include some teaching, mentoring of Phd and Msc students and developing high level research on eco-evolutionary dynamics in a spatial context. Announcement of the vacancy. Interested candidates can find more information on the research group here.

Job vacancies: 1 PhD. and 2 MSc. positions at RMCA and RBINS in the framework of the BELSPO project « BopCo : Barcoding of Organisms of Policy Concern ». PLEASE NOTE THE SHORT DELAY: October 2nd is the deadline for applications and the interviews will take place in early October 2015. Job offers in Dutch (MSc., PhD.) and in French (MSc., PhD.)